Strategic Marketing Projects Lead

Kids for the Future; Greensboro (NC); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and Vision

401(k) with profit sharing

Life Balanced Account

PTO and paid holidays

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Pace is seeking a Senior Project Manager to clearly define and manage project scope while delivering quality assets in a fast-paced environment. This role acts as the primary liaison between client solutions teams and the creatives, strategists, developers, and other internal groups, requiring impeccable communication and organizational abilities.

You will partner with the account team on needs, timelines, and budgets; collaborate with cross‑functional teams on deliverables; monitor progress in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Marketing, Communications or related field.
• PMP or SCRUM Master certification a plus.
• 5+ years of experience in digital project management.
• Experience with Workfront for project management required.
• Experience at a marketing agency a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with client account team to align on project needs, dependencies, scopes of work, resources needed, estimates, status, milestones, burn reports and presentations.
• Collaborate with creative, strategy, developer, analytics and performance media teams on deliverables and timelines.
• Ensure project deliverables are on schedule for completion on or before deadlines, communicating any scope-creep to client account team.
• Interact with other project managers on best practices and project management tool efficiencies.
• Partner with finance team for project plan entries and budget estimates.
• Review and approve submitted time entries on a weekly basis for prompt closure of prior weeks’ worked hours.
• Proper assignment of tasks within project management tool, Workfront.
• Set deadlines, assign responsibilities, monitor progress, and periodically summarize and communicate project status for account teams and/or upper management.
• Monitor budgets and help to develop a strategy to stay on budget.
• Works with head of Project Management team to follow existing processes and suggest improvements

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Communication

Leadership

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

PMP or SCRUM Master certification

Tools

Workfront

WordPress

JIRA

CMS tools

Job description

Pace is seeking a Senior Project Manager to clearly define and manage project scope while delivering quality assets in a fast-paced environment. This role acts as the primary liaison between client solutions teams and the creatives, strategists, developers, and other internal groups, requiring impeccable communication and organizational abilities.

You will partner with the account team on needs, timelines, and budgets; collaborate with cross‑functional teams on deliverables; monitor progress in